Sent on behalf of NC DHHS, NC Medicaid, Division of Health Benefits
FW: COVID-19 Updates—02/19/2021
Sent on behalf of NC DHHS, NC Medicaid, Division of Health Benefits
PRESS RELEASES
since the last update include:
NCDHHS Reports First Identified Case of B.1.351 COVID-19 Variant in NC
NCCU ACCORD Research on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Informs North Carolina’s Strategy for Equitable Outreach and Distribution
NCDHHS Adds New Resources and Tools to Spanish Language COVID-19 Vaccination Website
NCDHHS to Continue to Provide Extra Help Buying Food for Approximately 860,000 Children Through P-EBT
Severe Weather Causes Delay in COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments
North Carolina Coronavirus Grants Awarded to 34 Communities
Governor Cooper Outlines Updates on Winter Storm and State COVID-19 Response
NCDHHS Offers Tips to Avoid Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Severe Weather
NEW
resources since the last update include:
·
NEW
Vaccine Pages for Providers
·
NEW
videos in
vaccine video library
·
Updated
P-EBT page
and
new FAQs page
·
Updated
Vaccine FAQs in Spanish
·
NEW
community flyers, Top 10 Facts and vaccine safety resources in the
Vaccine toolkit
·
NEW
Vaccines Community Partner Toolkit
UPDATED
guidance since the last update include:
·
NEW
Quarantine Guidance for People Who Have Been Vaccinated
·
Updated
Vaccine FAQs
·
NEW
in
Schools Guidance
:
Vaccine Operational Guidance for Schools
·
NEW
Interim Guidance for Voluntary Respirator Use
in
PPE healthcare guidance
·
Updated
Provider Guidance for Vaccinations
o
NCDHHS Interim Provider Guidance for Vaccinating North Carolinians
(February 16, 2021)
·
New
Appendix
o
Summary Sheet of Updates - Interim Provider Guidance for Vaccinating North Carolinians
·
NEW
Vaccine Guidance for Child Care
o
NCDHHS How Child Care Programs Can Help Get Child Care Staff Vaccinated
o
NCDHHS Vaccine Operational Guidance for Child Care Partners
UPDATED
reports since the last update include:
·
County Alert System
·
Vaccinations Dashboard
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COVID-19 Clusters in North Carolina Report
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Outbreaks and Clusters Reports
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Patients Presumed to be Recovered Report
·
Risk Factors for Severe Illness Report
·
CLI Surveillance Report
NEW EVENTS ADDED
to the
community testing events page
UPDATED
Contact Tracing
numbers
info@ncala.org
|
www.ncala.org